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2016 Home For the Holidays
LINCOLN DAILY NEWS November 23, 2016
things add up and can mean a lot to a family who
is struggling to make ends meet every day of the
year, but especially at Christmas.
Bearing in mind the 12 days of Christmas,
perhaps choose 12 items that you can give to
a local food pantry such as the Lincoln/Logan
County Food Pantry.
Let the kids talk about foods that they like to eat,
and bear in mind that there will be a need for kid-
friendly foods in the week after Christmas.
Then, create a “12 Days of Christmas” box where
each day, for 12 days, your family can deposit
an item to be given to the food pantry. Perhaps
let the kids help with decorating the box. Add
Christmas wrapping paper or bows or both.
Now, it is time to make a list, what will you put
in your box? Releford made an important point,
saying that it is good to have kid-friendly foods.
He was speaking specifically about cereal, which
he says in always in high demand. Even so, it
brings to light an important point. We do want to
see folks eat healthy, but if you give foods that a
kid won’t eat, what good does it do?
If you have kids helping with this project, let
them offer up some suggestions, with your
guidance of course. Foods kids like to eat like
peanut butter, or snack crackers can be a part
of the donation. Releford said that the pantry
would take all kinds of foods from bread to
meats to fresh fruits and veggies. The one thing
they discourage is products packaged in glass
containers.
Choose 12 items, one for each of the 12 Days
of Christmas. Items such as bread, peanut
butter, individual instant oatmeal, single serving
microwaveable mac and cheese, snack cracker,
and fresh fruits that keep well such as apples.
Celery is a long-keeping fresh veggie that a lot of
kids like with peanut butter. Individually boxed
raisins, cold cereal, juice boxes, pudding or jello
cups, and also fruit cups are things that are easy
for kids or the babysitter to fix while parents are
at work.
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